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Media fails the test, again:Iran coverage brings out the worst
The Lowell Sun ^ | 01-13-2020 | Editorial

Posted on 01/13/2020 1:21:19 PM PST by calvincaspian

For a group of professionals lightning quick to tell us how important they are to freedom, one would think the establishment media would want to illustrate its value in real-time when covering global events, especially those involving impending war.

If it was to be, it was not to be in the past week as journalists set truth aside in favor of their blind disdain for an American president. If the price to pay for slamming Donald Trump was to seemingly embrace the Iranian, terrorist-mastermind Qasem Soleimani, so be it.

CNN’s John Berman actually called the killing of the Iranian general “murder” before adding the term “assassination.”

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KEYWORDS: 2020election; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; iran; iraq; media; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; qasemsoleimani; qudsforce; smearmachine
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Americans deserve a better media than this. At some point there will be a reckoning and those who have distorted the journalism business to a model that features cheap advocacy, dripping with toxic clickbait will have to answer for the societal and cultural divisions they have caused. Perhaps they can live happily as full-time protestors but they must relinquish the mantle of ‘journalist.’

Let us hope that day is soon.

1 posted on 01/13/2020 1:21:19 PM PST by calvincaspian
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To: calvincaspian

Agreed. Many of the things that divide Americans are manufactured hysterics hyped by the Fake News. They have much to answer for.


2 posted on 01/13/2020 1:23:28 PM PST by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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“Media fails the test, again: Iran coverage brings out the worst”
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Ain’t Dat the honest truth!!!!!!!!!!!!?
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3 posted on 01/13/2020 1:24:52 PM PST by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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At some point there will be a reckoning and those who have distorted the journalism business to a model that features cheap advocacy, dripping with toxic clickbait will have to answer for the societal and cultural divisions they have caused.

Doubtful, these folks are haters

4 posted on 01/13/2020 1:27:13 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: calvincaspian

They should give up on their chosen ‘profession’ and go into the cartoon business.

There could be some societal benefit which they could perform in that arena.


5 posted on 01/13/2020 1:29:27 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (January 20, 2017, High Noon. The end of an error.)
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Democrats sue Iran over right to use "Death to America" as their 2020 campaign slogan!

img src=”https://cdn.creators.com/209/270146/270146_image.jpg”>


6 posted on 01/13/2020 1:31:50 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Democrats sue Iran over right to use "Death to America" as their 2020 campaign slogan!)
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To: calvincaspian

Why do we deserve a better media? We just need our heads examined if we believe them.


7 posted on 01/13/2020 1:31:56 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: calvincaspian

Down the line, the media will blame all terrorists attacks on Trump for taking out Soleimani. It’s going to get worse with the media, which seems impossible.


8 posted on 01/13/2020 1:32:24 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: calvincaspian

The MSM are America’s terrorists and will never change. Even if they totally impeach Trump, America will become a dictatorship by a ruling class of communists.


9 posted on 01/13/2020 1:35:37 PM PST by Logical me
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Meanwhile, the Iranian people get what the Dims and US media don’t - they are governed by an evil regime and they want it out.


10 posted on 01/13/2020 1:39:10 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: CatOwner

It doesn’t matter to much anymore.

The media has no clue who or what they are.


11 posted on 01/13/2020 1:39:26 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: MNJohnnie

Yes, what you said. VERY TRUE.

I suspect it has been in the works for many, many years, but was buoyed by 0bama and his affinity to manipulate the media. The MSM fell into being simply a propaganda wing for the Democrats/leftists/socialists, etc.

While we see Iranians outraged about their own government shooting down a passenger plane and LYING about it, I think back to Benghazi. Any of us who questioned that it was all about an “offensive video” were racists or nuts, and the MSM played right along with that. To this very day, the Fake News distributors would suggest that we are just “conspiracy theorists” to wonder whether there was anything else to it.


12 posted on 01/13/2020 1:41:01 PM PST by NEMDF
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Failing the test...

Proving us right...

Same diff...


13 posted on 01/13/2020 1:44:01 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The Leftistist media and particularly CNN NEWS should come with a ten day supply of Cipro.)
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To: calvincaspian

When we retake the House, first thing we need to press hard for is the resurrection of The House Un-American Activities Committee.


14 posted on 01/13/2020 1:45:42 PM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Logical me

They all have a bad case of TDS.


15 posted on 01/13/2020 1:48:12 PM PST by ActresponsiblyinVA
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To: calvincaspian

Top editors in the profession were passed over during waves of downsizing because they had ‘contacts’ with liberal ‘elites’ in the deep state.

They’re the people who twist the news and express endless hate for Trump. Why? Because THEIR contacts with the deep state are becoming worthless...

For them to maintain power they have to keep liberal elites in positions of power. It’s a toxic incentive thing that publishers need to deal with before the industry is destroyed.


16 posted on 01/13/2020 1:48:59 PM PST by GOPJ (Glacier National Park removed signs warning glaciers will be gone by 2020 (ten year old sign))
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CNN’s John Berman actually called the killing of the Iranian general “murder” before adding the term “assassination.”

President Trump "murdered" the Iranian mad-dog general, "assassinating" the foaming hydrophobic scum in the middle of another killing spree...

17 posted on 01/13/2020 1:49:10 PM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: calvincaspian

We’re coming up on the 1 year anniversary of the media-hyped Covington Kids caper, followed quickly by the Jussie Smellitt hoax. The media have sure covered themselves in glory this year.


18 posted on 01/13/2020 1:54:32 PM PST by euram
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To: eyedigress

Whether the media has a clue or not, it’s their message that is still damaging. Like someone else pointed out on another thread, a vast majority saw a tax decrease under Trump. At the same time, a vast majority believe their taxes went up under Trump. Of course, liberals will say their taxes went up even if it didn’t. That just leaves the middle of the country which has bought into much of what the MSM spews out,


19 posted on 01/13/2020 1:54:59 PM PST by CatOwner
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To: calvincaspian

Let’s take stock. Trump kills a notorious terrorist and the Democrats and the corrupt MSM spend days eviscerating Trump and endlessly speculating on the “damage” Trump has done.

On the other hand, the Mullahs shoot down and kill 176 innocent people on an airliner and... nothing. No big deal really. That’s how bad these people have become.


20 posted on 01/13/2020 2:00:52 PM PST by Obadiah (Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
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